Features
Non-surgical body contouring
Today’s patient wants to avoid the downtime and potential complications associated with surgery. Non-invasive devices provide alternative solutions for body contouring procedures. Practitioners give their reports >>
Micropigmentation
When treatments fail to solve skin conditions, micropigmentation can restore order by altering appearance and renewing confidence in patients, writes Theresa Arnold >>
How clinics profit from good design
What attracts patients to your clinic—comfort and soft furnishings or clean lines and minimalism? Helen Twinam speaks to architects and clinic owners for their views on effective design >>
Laser sweat ablation
Axillary hyperhidrosis, or excessive sweating around the armpit, is not uncommon and can cause considerable embarassment to sufferers. Dr Mark Whiteley describes a modified method of curettage and laser ablation >>
Observations
Macrolane withdrawn for breast use
Q-Med, manufacturer of dermal filler Macrolane, has stopped promoting its use in breast enhancement until “consensus has been reached regarding best practice in breast radiology examination following Macrolane treatment” >>
Chin implant growth jumps in US
The annual tally of American Society of Plastic Surgeons statistics for 2011 shows that, in percentage terms, malarplasty, or chin augmentation, grew by more than breast enhancement, Botox and liposuction combined >>
Thyme will tell for herbal acne treatment
A study at Leeds Metropolitan University has found that thyme can be more effective in killing the skin’s bacteria than chemical-based creams >>
Bioengineering raises hope for baldness cure
Hair follicles derived from adult stem cells have shown interaction with surrounding tissue and normal hair cycles in the skin of bald mice, in a study published in Nature Communications >>
Above: Dr Haroun Gajraj, director of the Veincare Centre, talks to Body Language about vascular treatments. To view our video archive, click here
PRODUCTS
VOLUMA >>
Allergan has launched Juvéderm Voluma with Lidocaine to increase patient comfort during the injection.
INNOSEARCH >>
The InnoSearch range, including Inno-Roller and Inno-Caps will supersede the Dermaceutic range at Medical Aesthetic Group.
LPG ENERMOLOGIE >>
Soins Techniques LPG is a group of home-care products that include an “Essential Day and Night” range with three results-driven face creams.
